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. >> jeff, does it pass the smell test that the obama white house itself would not be informed about this just from a potential p.r. standpoint? >> it certainly actually does pass the smell test that the white house would not be involved. attorney general holder had to know. there is no question that a decision like this goes all the way to the attorney general. now, just to put this in a little perspective, the a.p. has suggested that this is part of an investigation of a leak regarding a possible terrorist attack in yemen and the administration will surely say look, you know, it's all well and good that journalists want to protect their sources, but this is a matter of life and death. if this stuff gets leaked, people will die, so we are willing to take that extreme step. i think that's the kind of balance you're going to see on this story. >> well, we'll see what the department of justice says about it. dana, the other controversy is the news the irs intentionally red flagged conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status. they would look for key words like tea party or patrio
. >> jeff, does it pass the smell test that the obama white house itself would not be informed about this just from a potential p.r. standpoint? >> it certainly actually does pass the smell test that the white house would not be involved. attorney general holder had to know. there is no question that a decision like this goes all the way to the attorney general. now, just to put this in a little perspective, the a.p. has suggested that this is part of an investigation of a leak...
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white house, how much they knew. the administration is saying they knew nothing about this irs scandal at all, correct? >> that's right. they said that jay carney, the white house spokesman, said the counsel's office found out a few weeks ago that the inspector general was doing this investigation at all but you're absolutely right. what this does is feed into an already existing huge problem with the american people, that is that they simply don't trust the government. that's obviously the basis for this country. but it has really gotten so much worse recently and the fact that you have these two issues, you have the government effectively spying on and taking records from journalists, and then of course, the irs which has never had the greatest reputation in the world. it's definitely a double whammy. >> and already this administration is actually going after more classified leaks than basically all recent administrations combined. >> that's right. i don't fault them so much on that, and i must say in their defense
white house, how much they knew. the administration is saying they knew nothing about this irs scandal at all, correct? >> that's right. they said that jay carney, the white house spokesman, said the counsel's office found out a few weeks ago that the inspector general was doing this investigation at all but you're absolutely right. what this does is feed into an already existing huge problem with the american people, that is that they simply don't trust the government. that's obviously...
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and one of the interesting parts of the obama administration's and the white house's reaction to the benghazi controversy or scandal is the fact that they have now accepted the fact that what a lot of us were reporting in september and oob
and one of the interesting parts of the obama administration's and the white house's reaction to the benghazi controversy or scandal is the fact that they have now accepted the fact that what a lot of us were reporting in september and oob
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so what's the danger here, if there is one, for the obama white house? >> wolf, we covered the white house together for a long time. yes, it's only may 2013, but 2014, the six-year presidential itch election, what they call it. you have benghazi, the blossoming irs scandal which has legs that could last for months. you have the questions about the department of justice. so you know now you have an emboldened republican party. you just heard congress marn chaffetz. you have a republican party keep asking questions, keep demanding witnesses. now a new criminal investigation, the hill wants more answers on that. you have an emboldened republican party. the flip side and the other risk is, now you're starting to see democrats say we want answers from the irs. we're not certain what's going on in this administration. we think the president should be tougher and act faster. if you get emboldened republican party and democratic drift, if they start drifting from the president, remember, the last two years of the george w. bush administration, rising opposition
so what's the danger here, if there is one, for the obama white house? >> wolf, we covered the white house together for a long time. yes, it's only may 2013, but 2014, the six-year presidential itch election, what they call it. you have benghazi, the blossoming irs scandal which has legs that could last for months. you have the questions about the department of justice. so you know now you have an emboldened republican party. you just heard congress marn chaffetz. you have a republican...
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white house. could there be legal fallout? our legal guys will be weighing in. >>> and did you already get your powerball ticket? the drawing for the $600 million jackpot is tonight and everyone wants a shot at it. but what are your odds? >>> we begin with that devastating commuter train crash in connecticut. ntsb investigators are now on the scene. the collision last night injured dozens of people and it's creating quite the night -- nightmare for commuters. susan, what is happening there right now? >> reporter: investigators from the national transportation safety board are on site and they are fanning out to take a closer look at this accident scene, which they said covers about 200 yards or so, so the length of two football fields. we're talking about two commuter trains. one going eastbound from new york heading to new haven, connecticut, and the other one going in the opposite direction. the first one derailed a little after 6:00 in the evening at the height of rush hour on friday night when
white house. could there be legal fallout? our legal guys will be weighing in. >>> and did you already get your powerball ticket? the drawing for the $600 million jackpot is tonight and everyone wants a shot at it. but what are your odds? >>> we begin with that devastating commuter train crash in connecticut. ntsb investigators are now on the scene. the collision last night injured dozens of people and it's creating quite the night -- nightmare for commuters. susan, what is...
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a brutal, brutal day for the obama administration. white house press secretary jay carney and u.s. attorney general eric holder both tangled with the press this afternoon, and it was rough. after benghazi, the irs scandal, and now reports that the justice department covertly seized reporters' phone records both had a lot of explaining to do. carney got hammered. >> president obama is being compared to president nixon. how does he feel about that? >> in every instance either the president or you have placed the burden of responsibility someplace else. >> can you say categorically nobody at the white house and nobody on the political team had any knowledge or was involved in any way in the targeting of tea party groups by the irs? >> he's prosecuted in this administration more people for leaks than every other president put together. >> i missed that. and in the middle of all that carney says the white house had no idea about this. >> other than press reports, we have no knowledge of any attempt by the justice department to seek phone records of the associated press. we are not invol
a brutal, brutal day for the obama administration. white house press secretary jay carney and u.s. attorney general eric holder both tangled with the press this afternoon, and it was rough. after benghazi, the irs scandal, and now reports that the justice department covertly seized reporters' phone records both had a lot of explaining to do. carney got hammered. >> president obama is being compared to president nixon. how does he feel about that? >> in every instance either the...
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here's c n n national correspond jim acosta. >> reporter: as president obama escaped the white house to deliver a commencement speech in a steady rain at moorehouse college, the republicans are pouring it on. top gop leaders fanned out on the sunday talk shows vowing to get to the tomorrow of the irs scandal. >> who knew, when did they know, why did they do this. >> what they want to do is drag washington into a swamp of partisan fishing expeditions. >> reporter: dan pfeiffer was asked time and again when did the president find out about it. >> when it came out on the news on friday. here's the cardinal rule. not for just this white house but for all white houses you don't interfere in an independent investigation. >> reporter: the irs scandal hasn't damaged the president's approval numbers according to a new poll. a deeper look at the numbers finds the republican is concerned about the irs along with the questions about benghazi and the government seizure of phone records from associated press journalists. after his address to college graduates on sunday the president said it's him
here's c n n national correspond jim acosta. >> reporter: as president obama escaped the white house to deliver a commencement speech in a steady rain at moorehouse college, the republicans are pouring it on. top gop leaders fanned out on the sunday talk shows vowing to get to the tomorrow of the irs scandal. >> who knew, when did they know, why did they do this. >> what they want to do is drag washington into a swamp of partisan fishing expeditions. >> reporter: dan...
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he met with president obama at the white house yesterday. >>> and next hour, prince harry will tour the jersey shore. he wanted to get a first-hand look at the devastation left behind by superstorm sandy and meet survivors before his trip ends tomorrow. chris christie will be his tour guide. the mayor spoke to poppy harlow a moment ago. >> it shows people across the country that this town was hit relatively hard, considering what happened and his presence alone should -- >> reporter: it is important that prince harry is coming here today? >> absolutely. i think any time you can get a positive story on the rebuilding of what we're doing in seaside heights, let the people get a visu visual aid of what's going on. >> seven months since sandy and i have seen it around here. a lot of progress has been made, but a lot of work to be done. does this help a lot in putting new jersey, the coast, back on the map in terms of the aid that many argue is needed here? >> i would hope it does. not just for seaside heights, i like the way you put it. aid not only here but for the coast. seaside heights w
he met with president obama at the white house yesterday. >>> and next hour, prince harry will tour the jersey shore. he wanted to get a first-hand look at the devastation left behind by superstorm sandy and meet survivors before his trip ends tomorrow. chris christie will be his tour guide. the mayor spoke to poppy harlow a moment ago. >> it shows people across the country that this town was hit relatively hard, considering what happened and his presence alone should -- >>...
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as president obama escaped the white house to delive a commencement speech in a steady rain at moorehouse college in atlanta, republicans were still pouring it on. >> there's a culture of intimidation throughout the administration. >> reporter: top gop leaders fanned out on the sunday talk shows. >> who knew, when did they know, why did they do this. >> they want to drag washington into a swamp of partisan fishing expedition. >> reporter: dan pfeiffer was asked time and again when did the president find out about it? >> when it came out on the news a week ago friday. here's why. because, here's the cardinal rule in situations like these. not just for this white house but all white houses. is you don't interfere in an independent investigation. >> reporter: the scandal hasn't damaged the president's approval rating. a deeper look at the numbers finds public remains concerned about the irs along with the questions about benghazi and government seizure of phone records from associated press journalists. after his address to college graduates on sunday the president told a democratic fundrais
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a major supporter of barack obama has been nominated by the white house to become commerce secretary. her hearing is scheduled for thursday. poppy? >> paul, thanks so much. >>> coming up, a brand-new cnn poll on president obama after quite a week for the white house. how is he doing in his second term? find out more later this morning on "state of the union" with candy crowley that begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >>> when it comes to advice, television host wendy williams holds nothing back. you're going to see from her the good, the bad, the uncomfortable. if you have questions for wendy, she has answers. i had a chance to sit down with her, speak with her about a lot of different issues. the book, raising her 12-year-old son, the women's movement, what does she think? take a listen. >> ask wendy. sixth book? >> yep. >> why write it now? you said it's the easiest book you've written. >> easiest book because the book is made up of letters that wendy watchers have sent me from all over the country. they sent me their toughest questions and i answer them in the book. it has been my fav bec
a major supporter of barack obama has been nominated by the white house to become commerce secretary. her hearing is scheduled for thursday. poppy? >> paul, thanks so much. >>> coming up, a brand-new cnn poll on president obama after quite a week for the white house. how is he doing in his second term? find out more later this morning on "state of the union" with candy crowley that begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >>> when it comes to advice, television host wendy...
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. >>> when president obama first took office he pledged to make transparency a hallmark of his white house. listen to what he said in january of 2009, just one day into his first term. >> i want to make government accountable, make it transparent so that the american people can know exactly what decisions are being made, how they're being made, and whether their interests are being well served. let me say it as simply as i can. transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency. >> hm. now the obama administration is caught in the middle of a first amendment war between the justice department and the associated press. the a.p. says the government secretly collected phone records of reporters during a two-month period last year and it questions whether that was related to a probe into leaks of the details of a foiled terror plot last year. joining me is constitutional first amendment attorney, floyd abrams, author of "friend of the court" on the front lines with the first amendment. welcome to you. i've got to say, this whole transparency thing with the presid
. >>> when president obama first took office he pledged to make transparency a hallmark of his white house. listen to what he said in january of 2009, just one day into his first term. >> i want to make government accountable, make it transparent so that the american people can know exactly what decisions are being made, how they're being made, and whether their interests are being well served. let me say it as simply as i can. transparency and the rule of law will be the...
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yes, it was a bad week for the white house politically. maybe the worst of obama's second term. will it derail his legacy? after all, he promised to help us prosper. >> we believe that america's prosperity must rest upon the broad shoulders of a rising middle class. we know that america thrives when every person can find independence and pride in their work. when the wages of honest labor liberate family from the brink of hardship. >> this white house is stuck in crisis management, not legacy building. for now. >> the chief political strategist at potomac research group and the editorial director of the national journal, gentlemen, welcome to the program. greg, it is not off i get to see teapot dome scandal on television. we're trying to put this in perspective. really trying to put this really into perspective. you say the scandals could push democrats away from the president this summer. put it in perspective for me. how does it hurt our economic recovery or does it matter? >> i think it is going to hurt barack obama's ability to spin a pretty good story with the economy impro
yes, it was a bad week for the white house politically. maybe the worst of obama's second term. will it derail his legacy? after all, he promised to help us prosper. >> we believe that america's prosperity must rest upon the broad shoulders of a rising middle class. we know that america thrives when every person can find independence and pride in their work. when the wages of honest labor liberate family from the brink of hardship. >> this white house is stuck in crisis management,...
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we are still told by the white house that the counsel did not tell that to president obama. how are democrats handling this on capitol hill? obviously republicans are outraged. i haven't heard a lot of democrats coming to the president's defense or saying that the president is doing a good job handling this. >> jake, this is the first time we've seen i think since the president has been in office where congressional democrats have joined with republicans in criticizing the administration and promising to try and get to the bottom of something. it's typical for your party if your party is in the white house you don't want to cause that guy a problem and that's just the way things go. in washington a lot of politics is situational. a lot of ethics is situational. but you saw with max baucus and more importantly to me harry reid the senate majority saying, i support max baucus in trying to get to the bottom of this. that's when i knew that the dynamic in trying to figure out what happened with the irs is going to be a lot different than benghazi and a lot different than other t
we are still told by the white house that the counsel did not tell that to president obama. how are democrats handling this on capitol hill? obviously republicans are outraged. i haven't heard a lot of democrats coming to the president's defense or saying that the president is doing a good job handling this. >> jake, this is the first time we've seen i think since the president has been in office where congressional democrats have joined with republicans in criticizing the administration...
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right now, president obama is meeting with the british prime minister david cameron at the white house. this is video that just came in. it was shot just before they began their meeting. they are expected to speak live in the east room, that is happening about 15 minute from now t. topics are quite varied, they include the civil war in syria to the economy. we hear they will take questions from reporters as well. there is so much to ask of these very important world leaders and our special coverage is going to get under way live in just 10 minutes. as we wait for the start of that event, we got other top stories we are following closely at this hour. because republicans on capitol hill are really stepping up their attacks against the obama administration all over that irs extra scrutiny of conservative groups. a report by the inspector general indicates that agents with the irs began targeting conservative groups who were applying for tax exempt status, going back as early as march of 2010. cnn obtained a copy of the report which is due to be released this week. house republicans are u
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put a statement out, the white house put out a statement from him where he said the irs must apply the law in a fire and impartial way. he said the report shows the agency failed that test and he said he's asked his treasury secretary to hold accountable those who are responsible. the internal revenue service is facing a criminal investigation after a watchdog report found the agency targeted conservative groups starting in 2010. the agency's inspector general found the irs used inappropriate criteria that identified for review tea party and other organizations applying for tax exempt status based upon their names or policy positions instead of indications of potential political campaign intervention. after reading the report tuesday night, president obama called the practice intolerable and inexcusable after promising action monday. >> people have to be held accountable and it has to be fixed. >> reporter: irs officials told investigators they acted on their own without influence from outside groups. the report says managers were ineffective in overseeing lower level irs employees who
put a statement out, the white house put out a statement from him where he said the irs must apply the law in a fire and impartial way. he said the report shows the agency failed that test and he said he's asked his treasury secretary to hold accountable those who are responsible. the internal revenue service is facing a criminal investigation after a watchdog report found the agency targeted conservative groups starting in 2010. the agency's inspector general found the irs used inappropriate...
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brian todd, cnn, walk. >>> troubling times for the white house, it seems the obama administration has been trying to stamp out a lot of criticism involving scandals. some say it's not doging a grea job. we'll be right back. i'm so glad you called. thank you. we're not in london, are we? no. why? apparently my debit card is. what? i know. don't worry, we have cancelled your old card. great. thank you. in addition to us monitoring your accounts for unusual activity, you could also set up free account alerts. okay. [ female announcer ] at wells fargo we're working around the clock to help protect your money and financial information. here's your temporary card. welcome back. how was london? [ female announcer ] when people talk, great things happen. [ female announcer ] when people talk, hoo-hoo...hoo-hoo. hoo-hoo hoo. sir... i'll get it together i promise... heeheehee. jimmy: ronny, how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? ronny: i'd say happier than the pillsbury doughboy on his way to a baking convention. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you
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pritsger a major supporter of president barack obama has been nominated by the white house to become congress secretary. her senate confirmation hearing is schedule for thursday. poppy. >> paul, thanks so much. appreciate it. >>> well, president obama, his administration on the defensive over a host of things. how is it all playing out with the american people? we're going to take a look. t sas helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ the one and only, cheerios there was this and this. she got a parking ticket... ♪ and she forgot to pay her credit card bill on time. good thing she's got the citi simplicity card. it doesn't charge late fees or a penalty rate. ever. as in never ever. now about that parking ticket. [ grunting ] [ male announcer ] the citi simplicity card is the only card that never has late fees, a penalty rate, or an annual fee, ever. go to citi.com/simplicity to apply. even in stupid loud places. to prove it, we set up our call center right here... [ chirp ] all g
pritsger a major supporter of president barack obama has been nominated by the white house to become congress secretary. her senate confirmation hearing is schedule for thursday. poppy. >> paul, thanks so much. appreciate it. >>> well, president obama, his administration on the defensive over a host of things. how is it all playing out with the american people? we're going to take a look. t sas helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still...
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damage control over at the white house has president obama takes steps to defuse scandals. can he save his second term agenda. an exclusive inside look at how the u.s. military now force-feeding hunger striking terror suspects at guantanamo bay in cuba, why defense lawyers insist it's all inhumane. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with a story first reported on cnn. two former participants in the federal witness security program, one identified as a known terrorist and the other a suspected
damage control over at the white house has president obama takes steps to defuse scandals. can he save his second term agenda. an exclusive inside look at how the u.s. military now force-feeding hunger striking terror suspects at guantanamo bay in cuba, why defense lawyers insist it's all inhumane. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with a story first reported on cnn. two former participants in the federal witness security program, one identified...
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this is a bad, bad week for barack obama, isn't it? >> it is, for the president and i think the sooner he can get ahead of it and the white house and to address all these issues and these concerns, the better off they will be and certainly the country. >> this whole thing of transparency, this is about as far removed from transparency as you can get. justice department sneaking around with reporters' phone records, the irs attacking the tea party for overt political reasons, benghazi. you put it all together, it's a mess. >> well, it is, in the sense also the american people, you know, are already losing confidence in their institutions and now this just compounds their fears and their affirmations. >> i get a sense everything is being done now, whether on the republican side or the democrat side, everything is being done for pure political reasons. the national interest of america seems to be secondary to that. >> it is. that's unfortunate but you're right. that's exactly why i made the decision to leave the united states senate. wond
this is a bad, bad week for barack obama, isn't it? >> it is, for the president and i think the sooner he can get ahead of it and the white house and to address all these issues and these concerns, the better off they will be and certainly the country. >> this whole thing of transparency, this is about as far removed from transparency as you can get. justice department sneaking around with reporters' phone records, the irs attacking the tea party for overt political reasons,...
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president obama held a news conference the other day outside the white house? it started to rain and i think we have a picture here and we have the footage and he calls in for them to there the umbrella and "new york post" called this a scandal. an interesting moment an odd moment. is it a scandal? a. >> absolutely not a scandal. it happens with tiger woods and golfers. when important people are not allowed to get wet. michael jackson had a guy he hired for 20 years -- >> some people like sarah palin said, well, most people hold their own umbrellas. >> it's a medfoafore. here he is rainy day. >> when it rains it pours. >> it's a metaphor for a lot of stories. >> i'm going to go out on a limb and say that story was all wet. >> couldn't resist. >> thanks for stopping by this sunday morning. >>> when we come back, we'll look at the benghazi talking points and make some news here and how that story was handled. even in stupid loud places. to prove it, we set up our call center right here... [ chirp ] all good? [ chirp ] getty up. seriously, this is really happening
president obama held a news conference the other day outside the white house? it started to rain and i think we have a picture here and we have the footage and he calls in for them to there the umbrella and "new york post" called this a scandal. an interesting moment an odd moment. is it a scandal? a. >> absolutely not a scandal. it happens with tiger woods and golfers. when important people are not allowed to get wet. michael jackson had a guy he hired for 20 years -- >>...
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and our vast footprint has been expanded under the obama administration. the white house has extended america's security umbrella to include defending israel and the moderate arab states against the threat posed by iran's possible development and nuclear weapons. it is enlarging the u.s. military presence in asia with a new base in australia to deal with china's rights. to call all this isolationism is to mangle both language and logic. in fact, president obama's world view is rooted in american exceptionalism. you see, the fundamental pattern of international relations is that as a country becomes powerful, others gang up to bring it down. that's what happened to the habsburg empire, france and germ manny and the soviet union. one great exception to this rule in modern history. the united states. america has risen to global might and has not produced the balancing opposition that many would have predicted. in fact, the astonishing position of being the world's dominant power while many of the world's next most powerful nations, britain, france, germany, j
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yes, it was a bad week for the white house politically, maybe the worst of obama's second term, but will it derail his legacy? after all, he promised to help us prosper. >> we believe it must rest on the broad shoulders of a rising middle class. we know america thrives when every person can find independence and pride in their work, when the wages of honest labor liberate families from the brink of hardship. >> but this white house is stuck in crisis management, not legacy building, for now. greg is the chief political strategist at potomac. and ron is here with us. gentleman, welcome to the program. greg, it's not very often i get to say teapot dome scandal on television. we're trying to put this in perspective, really put this in perspective. you say these scandals could push democrats away from the president this summer. put in perspective, how does it hurt our economic recovery, or does it matter? >> i think it's going to hurt barack obama's ability to spin a pretty good story with the economy improving, with the budget deficit plunging. i think that would be a slight negative for hi
yes, it was a bad week for the white house politically, maybe the worst of obama's second term, but will it derail his legacy? after all, he promised to help us prosper. >> we believe it must rest on the broad shoulders of a rising middle class. we know america thrives when every person can find independence and pride in their work, when the wages of honest labor liberate families from the brink of hardship. >> but this white house is stuck in crisis management, not legacy building,...
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damage control over at the white house has president obama takes steps to defuse scandals. can he save his second term agenda. an exclusive inside look at how the u.s. military now force-feeding hunger striking terror suspects at guantanamo bay in cuba, why defense lawyers insist it's all inhumane. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with a story first reported on cnn. two former participants in the federal witness security program, one identified as a known terrorist and the other a suspected terrorist were at least for a while lost, yes, lost, by the u.s. marshal service. the justice department now says they've been accounted for, but the incident raised an in an inspector general's report raises very disturbing questions. jake tapper broke the story earlier on cnn. tell our viewers what we know right now. this was very disturbing. >> the department of justice inspector general was researching the witness security program, what people probably know better from tv and movies, the witness relocation program and found a whole bunch of holes in nati
damage control over at the white house has president obama takes steps to defuse scandals. can he save his second term agenda. an exclusive inside look at how the u.s. military now force-feeding hunger striking terror suspects at guantanamo bay in cuba, why defense lawyers insist it's all inhumane. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with a story first reported on cnn. two former participants in the federal witness security program, one identified...
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white house and congressional democrats obviously disagree. what do you think? one of the most recent polls suggest americans are divided with 41% approving of the law and 46%. it indicates a wide partisan divide. >>> also this week, mark sanford comes to washington to get sworn in. the former south carolina governor whose career was left for dead following an infamous career last week won election to a congressional seat he once held. >>> britain's prince harry teams up with chris christie. he will join with the tough talking republican governor to tour parts of new jersey hard hit last year by hurricane sandy and mitt romney makes a rare appearance in the media spotlight. he joins jay leno on late night television. brianna. >> paul steinhauser, thank you for that. >>> martin savidge sits down with the brothers of accused cleveland kidnapper ariel castro. this is for real this time. step seven point two one two. verify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for capture. the most innovative software on the plan
white house and congressional democrats obviously disagree. what do you think? one of the most recent polls suggest americans are divided with 41% approving of the law and 46%. it indicates a wide partisan divide. >>> also this week, mark sanford comes to washington to get sworn in. the former south carolina governor whose career was left for dead following an infamous career last week won election to a congressional seat he once held. >>> britain's prince harry teams up with...
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. >>> damage control at the white house. president obama is hitting back, taking steps to contain a series of major controversies. can he save his second term agenda? >>> an exclusive inside look how the u.s. military is force feeding hunger stricken detainees in guantanamo bay. defense lawyers say it is inhumane. >>> giant waves of ice 30 feet high in some places pushing ashore and crushing lake front homes. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> we begin over at the white house where the political prospects for president obama's second term changed dramatically in the course of only a week. we've seen a crush of developments involving three major controversies, a forced resignation, and new allegations of coverups. can the president recover. what does he need to do? let's go to the white house, our white house correspondent dan lothian is standing by. what's the strategy as far as damage control is concerned? >> reporter: wolf, the
. >>> damage control at the white house. president obama is hitting back, taking steps to contain a series of major controversies. can he save his second term agenda? >>> an exclusive inside look how the u.s. military is force feeding hunger stricken detainees in guantanamo bay. defense lawyers say it is inhumane. >>> giant waves of ice 30 feet high in some places pushing ashore and crushing lake front homes. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and...
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president obama has just released a statement about the treasury department's report on the irs scandal. chief white house correspondent jessica yellin joins us now. >>> on the grill tonight, a man who knows his way around the white house in crisis. clinton counsel lanny davis, what would he do. >>> plus shocking new details of ariel castro's violent life behind closed doors. i will talk to his former daughter-in-law who was in the house while three young women were being held captive. she has explosive revelations about his behavior. tonight, one of castro's attorneys also speaks out for the first time and angelina jolie's brave battle, double mastectomy. her father tells me i fully understand angie's decision. what a magnificent woman she is. i feel she will be an inspiration to all women who may be vulnerable to a similar situation. i will talk with the congresswoman who found out she has a similar cancer gene and is fighting to save more women. >>> we learn tonight that two of the women in the cleveland house were imprisoned in conditions being described as similar to a prisoner of
president obama has just released a statement about the treasury department's report on the irs scandal. chief white house correspondent jessica yellin joins us now. >>> on the grill tonight, a man who knows his way around the white house in crisis. clinton counsel lanny davis, what would he do. >>> plus shocking new details of ariel castro's violent life behind closed doors. i will talk to his former daughter-in-law who was in the house while three young women were being held...
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we're going to get more from dan lothian on white house control. >> reporter: trying to step out of a political sinkhole, president obama expressed anger at misconduct within the irs. >> it's inexcusable and americans have a right to be angry about it and i am angry about it. i will not tolerate this kind of behavior in any agency. >> reporter: the agency's acting commissioner steve miller was asked to resign and president obama bound to put in place new safeguards and work with congressional investigators. >> i will do everything in my power to make sure nothing like this happens again but this scandal threatens to run much deeper. the justice department has launched a criminal investigation, and attorney general eric holder was on the hot seat wednesday, pressed for answers by the house judiciary committee. >> i would strongly encourage this administration to get out front, get all the facts out, let the chips fall where they may. >> anybody who has broken the law will be held accountable. >> reporter: the irs scandal has drawn bipartisan outrage, but some top republicans already se
we're going to get more from dan lothian on white house control. >> reporter: trying to step out of a political sinkhole, president obama expressed anger at misconduct within the irs. >> it's inexcusable and americans have a right to be angry about it and i am angry about it. i will not tolerate this kind of behavior in any agency. >> reporter: the agency's acting commissioner steve miller was asked to resign and president obama bound to put in place new safeguards and work...
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brianna keilar live at the white house for us. >> good morning, christine. you could definitely say the without has had a very tough last several days. buffeted by these controversies involving the bombing attack -- orb the attack, the terrorist attack on the benghazi consulate in september. the irs, and now this latest involving the seizure of phone records from the associated press reporters and editors. as a series of controversies boiled over in washington, president obama left town. >> as i sure want to do some governing. i want to get some stuff down. >> reporter: headlining new york city fundraisers with justin timber lake and jessica biel. amid news the justice department seized phone records of ap reporters in an investigation of leaks. accusations they down played terrorist involvement in september's deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in libya and claims the irs targeted conservative groups looking for tax exempt status. >> i will not tolerate it. >> reporter: just hours before, obama addressed the irs scandal. >> if, in fact, irs personnel engage
brianna keilar live at the white house for us. >> good morning, christine. you could definitely say the without has had a very tough last several days. buffeted by these controversies involving the bombing attack -- orb the attack, the terrorist attack on the benghazi consulate in september. the irs, and now this latest involving the seizure of phone records from the associated press reporters and editors. as a series of controversies boiled over in washington, president obama left town....
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>>> president obama is weathering the storm of controversy surrounding his white house for now. however, under stormy skies in atlanta, mr. obama attempted to move the focus off the irs, benghazi, and the associated press. he spoke about the economy and health care in his address to morehouse college. >> my job as prdz is to advocate for policies that generate more opportunity for everybody. policies that strengthen the middle class and give more people the chance to climb their way into the middle class. policies that create more good jobs and reduce poverty and educate more children and give more families the security of health care and protect more of our children from the horrors of gun violence. that's my job. >> so can the president change the focus from the recent scandals and controversies? let's turn to charles blow in new york and errol in washington. writing for the "new york times." good to see you both. >> ross, let me begin with you. the president seems to be moving forward. his approval rating is up even after all these controversies were revealed. so does washing
>>> president obama is weathering the storm of controversy surrounding his white house for now. however, under stormy skies in atlanta, mr. obama attempted to move the focus off the irs, benghazi, and the associated press. he spoke about the economy and health care in his address to morehouse college. >> my job as prdz is to advocate for policies that generate more opportunity for everybody. policies that strengthen the middle class and give more people the chance to climb their...
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president obama on one hand saying that the benghazi talking points issue is a sideshow, there's no there there. but having a very different tone when it comes to the scandal about the irs targeting conservative and tea party groups. >> that's right, jake. first on the benghazi. i have to tell you i'm not surprised by the tone he took. inside this building as you well know they find this digging around about the talking points and the e-mails sort of ridiculous and just sort of politics as usual because they argue as you heard him say not only has capitol hill had these talking points for many months and the e-mails about them and so the outrage seems sort of to them new, but it's sort of just the politics and what really matters is what happened on the ground. and they've explained. so they just think, you know, we're all engaged in a silly game of political gotcha. not new to hear that. on the irs issue, you know, i just saw the head of the rnc, reince priebus, tweet that he was surprised the president did not apologize or lay out a plan of action to hold anyone accountable in his answe
president obama on one hand saying that the benghazi talking points issue is a sideshow, there's no there there. but having a very different tone when it comes to the scandal about the irs targeting conservative and tea party groups. >> that's right, jake. first on the benghazi. i have to tell you i'm not surprised by the tone he took. inside this building as you well know they find this digging around about the talking points and the e-mails sort of ridiculous and just sort of politics...
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president obama's top lieutenants will take over as interim head of the irs. >>> and president obama summoning his top pentagon brass to the white house to address this growing problem of sexual assaults in the military. he's ordering them to come up with a plan to stem all of the abuse. this comes as the head of a sexual assault prevention unit at fort bell, kentucky, was arrested, lieutenant colonel darren, charged with violating a court order to leave his wife alone. the third military official in two weeks to be relieved of duty over an allegation of sexual misconduct. >>> a trouble development overnight, russia is sending advanced anti-ship cruise missiles to syria. u.s. officials say it's a sign that shows moscow's support for president bashar al assad's regime. "the new york times" reports that the missiles have advanced radar capabilities that can help the syrian regime stop foreign forces from establishing no-fly zones. can also stop limited air strikes. potentially or supply syria's opposition. stop supply of syria's opposition from the air. >>> a new outbreak of lotto feve
president obama's top lieutenants will take over as interim head of the irs. >>> and president obama summoning his top pentagon brass to the white house to address this growing problem of sexual assaults in the military. he's ordering them to come up with a plan to stem all of the abuse. this comes as the head of a sexual assault prevention unit at fort bell, kentucky, was arrested, lieutenant colonel darren, charged with violating a court order to leave his wife alone. the third...
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. >>> i want to turn now to a very bad week for president obama. it's been scandal upon scandal upon scandal. and there's no sign things are calming down soon. white house press secretary jay carney joins me now. jay carney, thank you for joining me. would you say this has been your toughest week personally in your job? >> you know, piers, i would say that it's been a challenging week, but in many ways, a week that i've enjoyed because i think that when a press secretary goes to the briefing room and there's a lot of intensity in the room and a lot of news, that you know, it's inspiring reporters to ask hard questions. that's what it's all about. and i have no problem with that and i think that it's part of our democracy and part of what makes the process great. so you know, some people have said oh, you've really been on the firing line and you know, maybe it's just me, but i've kind of enjoyed it. >> you may have enjoyed it, but the "new york times" today said about the president that he's a bystander occupying the most powerful office in the wor
. >>> i want to turn now to a very bad week for president obama. it's been scandal upon scandal upon scandal. and there's no sign things are calming down soon. white house press secretary jay carney joins me now. jay carney, thank you for joining me. would you say this has been your toughest week personally in your job? >> you know, piers, i would say that it's been a challenging week, but in many ways, a week that i've enjoyed because i think that when a press secretary goes to...
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there are three controversies threatening the white house and the response from the obama administration sounds -- well, why don't you take a listen? >> i can assure you that i certainly did not know anything about the ig report before the ig report had been leaked through press -- >> i would as the cia. >> i was not the person involved in that decision. >> so who was? where exactly does the buck stop? who knew that the irs was targeting conservative groups that were trying to get tax exempt status? who led the american public to believe something that turned out not to be true? and why did the department of justice secretly obtain associated press phone records. the white house director of communications joins us tonight. jennifer, thank you very much for taking the time. when you hear those sound bites, it does sound like a lot of blaming other people. >> you know, the president is the chief executive of the government. and understands that it doesn't matter how these problems arose, it's his problem -- it's his responsibility and problem to fix them. and in each of these -- in each of
there are three controversies threatening the white house and the response from the obama administration sounds -- well, why don't you take a listen? >> i can assure you that i certainly did not know anything about the ig report before the ig report had been leaked through press -- >> i would as the cia. >> i was not the person involved in that decision. >> so who was? where exactly does the buck stop? who knew that the irs was targeting conservative groups that were...
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and one of the interesting parts of the obama administration's and the white house's reaction to the benghazi controversy or scandal is the fact that they have now accepted the fact that what a lot of us were reporting in september and october -- i was with another network and i was reporting all these state department requests being denied, all these individuals on the ground in libya asking the state department we need more security, why are you taking away our airplane, we want a tour of this security team extended. and the white house and state department was pushing back very aggressively in my report saying that's not true, this is not an issue, this is not the case. now they accept that it is true, now they accept that it is the case and it is one of the points of the three controversies before, during and after and the response to the security situation in benghazi, it is the one that they are seeding and it is the one that the independent review concludes was handled incredibly poorly by the state department. >> that's why the president went out of his way just now saying we
and one of the interesting parts of the obama administration's and the white house's reaction to the benghazi controversy or scandal is the fact that they have now accepted the fact that what a lot of us were reporting in september and october -- i was with another network and i was reporting all these state department requests being denied, all these individuals on the ground in libya asking the state department we need more security, why are you taking away our airplane, we want a tour of...
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be an outrageous manner, you put it all together, and you have a real breach of trust in president obama and his administration, don't you? >> so look, yes, there's a breach of trust because of the opaqueness of the way the white house has handled it, at least starting with the talking points. i'm troubled by some of the changes that occurred. i'd like to know who made the changes and what the motive was, of course. but you do that up front. you do that yourself. if you're in the white house, you take those talking points, there's nothing classified there that i could tell, and you put them out and then you try to explain and you're transparent. if there are troubling answers, those answers are just as troubling but they're made more so because they were opaque about it. and i do contrast the way secretary of state clinton took personal responsibility, no ifs, ands or buts, it happened on her watch, this terrible tragedy, she commissioned a study that concluded that there was a systemic failure of leadership in her department and she immediately implemented those recommendations. i may b
be an outrageous manner, you put it all together, and you have a real breach of trust in president obama and his administration, don't you? >> so look, yes, there's a breach of trust because of the opaqueness of the way the white house has handled it, at least starting with the talking points. i'm troubled by some of the changes that occurred. i'd like to know who made the changes and what the motive was, of course. but you do that up front. you do that yourself. if you're in the white...
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this crisis is just beginning for the white house. donald rumsfeld has more to say about this, and his new book is "rumsfeld rules," he joins me. how are you? >> excellent. >> well, we'll try and change that. >> come on, come on. >> you have been in this position where you get hit with all sorts of stuff and it all comes like number nine bus, all at once. when you look at these three scandals in totality are they real scandals or run of the mill issues that any white house has to deal with? >> well, one is bad. two is four, and three is ten. it -- the pressure is enormous in the white house when this happens. it is the perfect storm. and we all have watched enough of our history to know that big and bad things can start from very small things. and the old rule is that there are two rules in washington. the first rule is the cover-up is worse than the event. and the second rule is, no one remembers the first rule. >> well, let's start with cover-up, because i want to come to the irs. which i think is arguably, which my two fell corresp
this crisis is just beginning for the white house. donald rumsfeld has more to say about this, and his new book is "rumsfeld rules," he joins me. how are you? >> excellent. >> well, we'll try and change that. >> come on, come on. >> you have been in this position where you get hit with all sorts of stuff and it all comes like number nine bus, all at once. when you look at these three scandals in totality are they real scandals or run of the mill issues that any...
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. >>> president obama meeting up with british prime minister david cameron at the white house. that's expected later this morning. they're expected to discuss possible ways to jump-start the global economy and strengthen syria's opposition. >>> barbara walters is calling it a career. legendary journalist plans to retire next summer. she's expected to make the announcement later this morning on "the view." in a statement released by abc walters says i'm very happy with my decision and look forward to a wonderful and special year ahead, both on "the view" and with abc news. walters will remain executive producer of "the view" which, of course, is the show she created in 1997. >> quite a career the woman has had. all right, so just when we thought we were done with winter, freeze warnings and watches are in effect for at least a dozen states. >> meteorologist jennifer delgado is following the brutal spring chill. she's in atlanta this morning. good morning, jennifer. >> good morning, guys. you know, you were thinking that wow, we are going to enjoy the warm temperatures. you're ri
. >>> president obama meeting up with british prime minister david cameron at the white house. that's expected later this morning. they're expected to discuss possible ways to jump-start the global economy and strengthen syria's opposition. >>> barbara walters is calling it a career. legendary journalist plans to retire next summer. she's expected to make the announcement later this morning on "the view." in a statement released by abc walters says i'm very happy...